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Navigating Life with Multiple Sclerosis: Second Edition Audiobook
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) causes a myriad of physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms that impact function and quality of life for those with the disease and those providing care. Navigating Life with Multiple Sclerosis is a practical guide for meeting the challenges of this life-long, unpredictable disease.
This insightful guide offers a detailed description of the essential components of comprehensive MS care, from disease and symptom management, rehabilitation to enhance function, safety, and independence, social and emotional support, and attention to overall health and wellness for both patients and caregivers. Each chapter offers solutions and guidance based upon the authors' interdisciplinary perspectives and years of clinical and research experience. The person with MS is the center of the care team and this book provides guidance for communicating effectively with healthcare providers, participating comfortably in shared decision making, and advocating confidently for personal healthcare needs and priorities.
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Kathleen Costello, MS, CRNP, MSCN, is the chief operating officer for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis, an organization dedicated to delivering health and wellness education for families living with MS. She is also adjunct faculty in the Division of Neuroimmunology and Neuroinfectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specialized in MS care for more than twenty-five years. Rosalind Kalb, PhD, is the senior programs consultant for Can Do Multiple Sclerosis. She is a clinical psychologist, providing MS care and education for over forty years. She provided mental health services and cognitive remediation at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and at the MS Comprehensive Care Center in White Plains, New York.
Barbara S. Giesser, MD, FAAN, FANA, is professor emeritus of clinicaln neurology at the David Geffan UCLA School of Medicine and leads the MS program at Pacific Neuroscience Institute in Santa Monica, California. She is an internationally recognized clinician and award-winning educator who has specialized in the care of persons with multiple sclerosis for over forty years.